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LOCATION:
Charlottesville,
Virginia
TRAVEL RADIUS:
Will travel up to 500 miles from Charlottesville, VA.
SURROUNDING AREA:
Earlysville, Cobham, Barboursville, Free Union, Keswick, Ruckersville, Ivy, Quinque, Troy, White Hall, Crozet, Dyke, Somerset, Stanardsville, Gordonsville, Rochelle, Palmyra, Hood, Montpelier Station, North Garden, Aroda, Batesville, Wolftown, Greenwood, Madison, Pratts, Keene, Scottsville, Covesville, Orange.
PRIMARY CATEGORY:
Swing Band
ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES:
Big Band, Dance Band, Jazz Band, Live Band, Variety Band
GENRE:
Big Band, Dance, Jazz, Swing
AVAILABLE FOR:
Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Coffee Shops, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Cruise Ships, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fraternity Functions, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Hotels, Jingles, Movie Soundtracks, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Resorts, Restaurants, Reunions, Showers, Ski Lodges, Sorority Function, Studio Session, Temples, TV Soundtracks, Weddings
PERFORMING SINCE:
2002
PAY RANGE:
$1500-$2500 per event
INFLUENCES:
Not Available
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DESCRIPTION:
JEFF DECKER has been active in the central Virginia music scene for fifteen years. As a member of the University of Virginia's performance faculty, he performs regularly with the Free Bridge Quintet (the faculty jazz ensemble) and the Charlottesville University Symphony Orchestra. He has extensive experience as a professional musician working for parties and receptions, performing for hundreds of such occasions over the last decade.THE JEFF DECKER BAND specializes in swing era dance music and jazz. Accordingly, the THE JEFF DECKER BAND is well equipped to perform specialty dance numbers, such as rumbas, bossa novas, sambas, fox trots, waltzes, etc. The attached song list provides just a sample of what THE JEFF DECKER BAND regularly performs. All the members of the group are experienced professional musicians with the ability to play hundreds of songs. Special songs, such as wedding first dances, can be performed if the music is provided beforehand, although most often the band is quite familiar with tunes that are requested. The demonstration audio provides a sample of the songs and styles that the band performs, ranging from medium tempo swing era fox trots to high energy sambas, as well as bossa novas, shuffles, up tempo jitterbug numbers, and romantic ballads.
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SONG LIST:
Air Mail Special - Ella Fitzgerald
April In Paris - Count Basie
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Don't Be That Way - Traditional
Flying Home - Lionel Hampton
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Tommy Dorsey
In A Mellow Tone - Duke Ellingon
In the Mood
- Glenn Miller Orchestra
It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellingon
Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman
Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie
Mack the Knife
- Bobby Darin
Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller Orchestra
One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
Opus No. 1 - Tommy Dorsey
Our Love - Natalie Cole
Perdido - Duke Ellingon
Satin Doll - Duke Ellingon
Sentimental Journey - Duke Ellingon
Shiny Stockings - Count Basie
Sing - Sing
String of Pearls - Glenn Miller Orchestra
Take The A Train - Duke Ellingon
The Way You Look Tonight
- Frank Sinatra
Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins
Undecided - Atlantic Star
Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong
All Of Me - Billie Holiday
All Of You - Cole Porter
All The Things You Are - Charlie Parker
Autumn Leaves - Bill Evans
But Not For Me - Traditional
Bye Bye Blackbird - Traditional
Cheek to Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Days of Wine & Roses - Traditional
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Have You Met Miss Jones - Ella Fitzgerald
I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Jimmy McHugh
I Could Write a Book - Traditional
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Cole Porter
I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
If I Had You - Traditional
It Had To Be You
- Harry Connick Jr.
It's Only a Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
Let's Fall In Love - Frank Sinatra
Like Someone in Love - Traditional
L.O.V.E - Traditional
My Kind of Town - Traditional
My Romance - Frank Sinatra
Our Love Is Here to Stay - Harry Connick Jr.
S'Wonderful - Traditional
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
Summertime - George Gershwin
The More I See You - Traditional
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Ella Fitzgerald
Black Orpheus - Vince Guaraldi
Love For Sale - Charlie Parker
Night and Day - Cole Porter
Old Devil Moon - Anita O'Day
Green Dolphin Street - Traditional
Once I Loved - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars - Atlantic Star
Samba de Orpheo
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
Speak Low - Atlantic Star
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
Tangerine - Traditional
Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz
The Very Thought Of You - Traditional
Watch What Happens - Frank Sinatra
Wave - Frank Sinatra
You Stepped Out of a Dream - Traditional
As Time Goes By - Traditional
At Last - Etta James
Blue Moon
- Traditional
Body & Soul - Coleman Hawkins
Embraceable You - Chet Baker
I Can't Get Started - Sonny Rollins
I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett
I Love You - Cole Porter
Isn't it Romantic - Traditional
Misty - Johnny Mathis
Moonlight In Vermont - Traditional
My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
My One and Only Love - Tony Bennett
Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
Someone to Watch Over Me - Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable
- Cole Porter
What a Wonderful World
- Louis Armstrong
When I Fall In Love - Doris Day
Bemsha Swing - Atlantic Star
Billie's Bounce - Charlie Parker
Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson
Central Park West - Atlantic Star
Confirmation - Charlie Parker
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Groovin' High - Charlie Parker
Impressions - Atlantic Star
Lush Life - Billy Strayhorn
'Round Midnight - Atlantic Star
So What - Miles Davis
Take Five - Dave Brubeck
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
Well - You Needn't
Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
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CLIENT FEEDBACK:
Available On Request
UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
Saturday, June 21, 2008
7:00PM - Elizabeth's Wedding
Richmond, VA
Saturday, August 09, 2008
5:00PM - Bretton Woods Country Club
Potomac, MD
PAST APPEARANCES:
Available On Request
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Please note, in addition to Charlottesville, Jeff Decker Band also serves the surrounding towns of Earlysville, Cobham, Barboursville, Free Union, Keswick, Ruckersville, Ivy, Quinque, Troy, White Hall, Crozet, Dyke, Somerset, Stanardsville, Gordonsville, Rochelle, Palmyra, Hood, Montpelier Station, North Garden, Aroda, Batesville, Wolftown, Greenwood, Madison, Pratts, Keene, Scottsville, Covesville, Orange and many other locations in and around the Charlottesville area.
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